Mantra 3

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आचार्यऽ उपनयमानो ब्रह्मचारिणं कृणुते गर्भमन्तः । तं रात्रीस्तिस्र उदरे बिभर्ति तं जातं द्रष्टुमभिसंयन्ति देवाः

IAST Transliteration

ācā́rya upanáyamāno brahmacā́riṇaṃ kṛṇute gárbham antáḥ | táṃ rā́trīs tísra udáre bibharti táṃ jātáṃ dráṣṭum abhísáṃyanti devā́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Teacher, leading him near, within makes of the Brahmacārin an embryo. Three nights he bears him in the belly; him, when born, the Gods assemble to behold.

Translation

ಆಚಾರ್ಯನು ಉಪನಯನ ಮಾಡಿಸುತ್ತಾ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಒಳಗೇ ಗರ್ಭರೂಪನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಮೂರು ರಾತ್ರಿಗಳವರೆಗೆ ಅವನನ್ನು ಉದರದಲ್ಲಿ ಧರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಅವನು ಜನಿಸಿದಾಗ ದೇವರುಗಳು ಅವನನ್ನು ನೋಡಲು ಸೇರಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆ.

Word by Word

आचार्यःthe teacher

उपनयमानःwhile initiating / leading near (for initiation)

ब्रह्मचारिणम्the brahmacārin (student)

कृणुतेmakes / fashions

गर्भम्a fetus; (as) an embryo

अन्तःwithin

तम्him / that (one)

रात्रीःnights

तिस्रःthree

उदरेin the belly / womb

बिभर्तिbears / carries

तम्him

जातम्born

द्रष्टुम्to see

अभिसंयन्तिcome together toward / assemble

देवाःthe gods

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (upanayana theology)

Devata: Ācārya/Upanayana as sacral process; Gods as witnesses

Chandas: Mixed; often treated as Triṣṭubh-like cadence in transmission

Mantra Rasa

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